The Penn's Grove record., 1887-12-10
State News

Rev. s. 8. Weatherby, pastor of the
First M. Z. Church Of Vineland
has rendered his resignation which will
be accepted.
The builders Of the State House at
Trenton will have to forfeit consider
able money for not having the build
ing done In the specified time.
United State Senator Blodgett has
rentedthe house OF Washington McL-an
Of the Cincinnati Enquirer, ON Lafayette
square, Washington, and will move
there during the holidays Frank M.
Taylor, Jr., OF the Long Branch Record,
will be his Private Secretary.
New Brunswick offers Barnum land
free If lie will make his winter head
quarters there.
w. Harrison Livermore, Surrogate
the Congressional nomination in the
First District, on the Republican ticket
Tile survivors Of the Twenty fourth
Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers,
will hold u reunion at Bridgeton on
Tuesday, December 18Th.
The ANNUAL meeting Of the New Jer-
sey State Teachers Association will be
held in Trenton again this year on the
28th, 18th, and 30lh If December.
The Senate and Assembly Chambers
at Trenton are undergoing the custom.
AIRY ynuual renovation, in anticipation
Of the meeting vi the Legislature early
next mouth.
Work is progressing finely on the big
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge
across the kills ut Elizabethport and
tile great pier on the Jersey shore is
nearly finished, while tie one on the
Staten Island shore is being pushed
d rapidly.
Fest jersey Railroad Company
peniing several thousand dollars
n improvements at Miilyille. The de-
pot has been lowered, and extensive re-
pairs are being made to it, and the
freight station is being moved back
sufficient distance to allow the Ia, ing
of additional freight tracks. The
freight business of the company has i'll
creased SO rapidly thai there Is a pres
ing need for more freight tracks, and
two additional tracks will he lad,
The Mcclellan Monument Fund,
started by Secretary Of State Henry Z.
Kelsey, now amounts to $6473. 81, the
New York World having notified Mr..
Kelsey that it would urn over to him
the $1043 80 collected through its col
pmns last spring and summer. Mr..
- will now call a meeting of the
bers to learn their desired with
- kl.o no,.otru. .f tka,
mon cat. 1t has not been decided
whether the shaft will stand over the
late Generals grave in River view
Cemetery, Trenton. or on some eligi-
iie site in front Of n Of the State
The State Board of A assessors has A.
ed their annual report W it'll the Stats
Comptroller. 1t shows the total valua.
tfon Of the 80 railroads of the State to
be $193, 667, 176, which are assessed for
State taxes in the sum of 1864, 1886, and
for municipal taxes, 35,14S. The in
crease in valuation In III year is ST.
Isl, 1858, and in taxes $45, 1901. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Is assessed for a
total Of $3.50. 1925; New Jersey Central;
e278, 005; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western,, $266.640; New York, Lake
Erie and Weston, $104, 752; Lehigh
Valley, $l06, Ill; Philadelphia and
Reading, $27, 295; New York, Susque-
hama and Western, $26 674; railroads
not classified, $112 ,55l. This revenue
Is nearly sufficient to run the machinery
Of the State Government and conse-
q,sently no State tax is imposed OF the
people:
The moving OF the West Jersey Rail-
road CompMy's freight depot in Mill
vile has been completed, it being the
LARGEST brick building ever moved in
that city.